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Offline cannonmn

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Casting a Napoleonic Cannon
« on: April 24, 2012, 08:10:24 PM »
See short video at this link.
 
http://youtu.be/RFhFQeB5wsA
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Re: Casting a Napoleonic Cannon
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2012, 04:58:37 PM »
John, thanks for sharing. I found that they took a lot of care in preparing the mold with the dummy piece in place.
Have to wonder what that cost given today's costs of copper and tin. Or the bronze scrap that they used. Frank
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